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This workshop will explore how writing can engage with the awesome challenge presented by the climate crisis – can we tell stories where the human is not the only focus? Is the right approach comedy or tragedy? How do we handle the closed worlds of science and politics? How does theatre’s constraints speak to this global calamity without losing its head?
Mixing masterclass, workshop and discussion Steve Waters, drawing on two decades of writing about the environment in works such as his acclaimed diptych of plays The Contingency Plan helps you stare into the abyss without falling in!
Wednesday 8 October 2025, 19:00-21:30
This masterclass will take place in-person at Theatre503’s Studio.
If you have any access requirements, you can let us know by contacting filling out our Writer’s Programme Accessibility Form or contacting Theatre503 via our Writers’ Programme email, writersprogramme@theatre503.com or by calling 02079787040.
For further details of Theatre503 Accessibility, please visit the Access page of our website.
Thanks to our Share The Drama scheme, we want to make sure those of you who are struggling in the current climate can still take part in our Writers Programme. If you would like to book a Share The Drama bursary for the Writer’s Programme, please call our box office on 02079787040.
Steve Waters
"Steve Waters is a playwright whose many plays include Limehouse (2017) and Temple (2015) for the Donmar Warehouse, and his version of The Caucasian Chalk Circle for the Rose Theatre, 2022; and for the Bush Theatre The Contingency Plan (2009) and Little Platoons (2011).
Steve's work for radio includes the acclaimed four-part drama Song of the Reed for Radio 4, Miriam and Youssef and Fall of the Shah for BBC World Service. His books include A Life in 16 Films: How Cinema Made me a Playwright (Methuen, 2021) and The Secret Life of Plays (Nick Hern, 2010). He is Professor of Scriptwriting at the University of East Anglia"
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